Oil can



April 8, 1930. G. PETRAK 1,754,041

OIL CAN Filed May 19, 1928 INVENTOR.

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Patented; Apr. 8, 193M GEORGE PETRAK, OF QUINCY, WASHINGTON OIL CANApplieaticnfiled May 19, 1928. Serial No. 279,094.

This invention relates to improvements in oil cans.

' The principal object of this invention is to produce an oil canwherein the oil will be delivered to the spout, irrespective of theposition in which the can may be placed.

Another object is to provide means whereby the oil may be forciblyejected from the can.

Another object is to produce a device which conforms to the standardpractice and construction of oil cans. V

A further object is to provide a can which is simple and thereforeeconomical to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be ap parent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughoutthe same,

Figure I is a vertical cross-section of my device, and

Figure II is an enlarged detail cross-section taken on the line 22 ofFigure I.

The ordinary oil can merely consists in a can having a spout securedthereon. This type of can will not deliver oil upwardly 39 and there aremany positions into which the can must be placed where the oil will notbe ejected therefrom, as for instance, many parts beneath the body ofthe motor vehicle.

, I have therefore produced an oil can wherein all of the oil may beejected therefrom, irrespective of its position.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for th purpose of illustration isshown a 0 preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designatesthe ordinary body of a can having a flat bottom 6 and an upstanding ring7, to which the spout 8 is connected by a flat collar 9. The spout 8carries an offset projection 11, within which a piston 12 is adapted tomove.

This piston is contacted by a rod 13 and a thumb piece 1 1. A spring 16serves to normally hold the piston in the position herein as shown. Avalve 17 is interposed between the piston and the upper extremity of thespout, and is seated by means of a spring 18.

Extending into the can 5 is a downwardly inclined pipe 19 having aT-head 21, into which is rotatably mounted the bent end of a feed pipe22.- This feed pipe may carry a strainer in its lower end if desired,and is rotatably held in the T-head 21 through the medium of a cap 23and an annular ring 24:.

A valve as shown at 26 is normally seated by a spring 27. Openings 28 inthe bent end permit a flow'of oil from the pipe 22 to the pipe 19. i

The result of this construction is that the pipe 22 may swing from thefull line position of Figure l, to the dotted line position of the samefigure. A pin 29 acts as a stop so as to prevent the swinging pipe fromcontacting with the bottom or top of the can.

In operation, the pump is actuated through the medium of the thumb piece14, with the result that oil is taken from the can through the pipe 22,past the valve 26, thence into pipe 19 on the suction stroke. On thepressure stroke, this oil which is trapped above the valve 26, is forcedupon the valve 17 and discharged through the spout 8. On the return orsuction stroke of the pump, the valve 1'7 remains closed.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple means foraccomplishing all of the objects herein set forth.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thevarious changes relative to the shape, size, material and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention, or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In an oil can, a receptacle,a spout secured to said receptacle, a pipe extending downwardly fromsaid spout into said receptacle and angularly disposed with respect tothe spout, a T member horizontally positioned on the end of said pipe, adelivery pipe hingedly mounted in the T portion of said first mentionedpipe, a valve positioned in said delivery pipe, a valve positioned insaid spout, a pump secured to said spout at a point between said valves,means for limiting the rotation of said delivery pipe about its hingedconnection so that said pipe Will not contact said receptacle.

In testimony whereof I'aflix my signature.

GEORGE PETRAK.

